Sorry, I assumed the CPER was a well-known spot. It's in Weld County, 10 minutes north of Nunn, just off Hwy 85. Let me know if you'd like a more precise description. It's about 45 minutes northeast of Ft. Collins and 1.5 hrs north of Denver proper.
-Amber Carver Littleton, CO On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 11:53 AM, David Suddjian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for the interesting report. But it does not give a clue as to > where this is. > > Thanks, > > David > > On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 5:26 AM, Amber Carver <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, All! >> >> The Central Plains Experimental Range nest monitoring field season got >> off to a slow start this week. There are tons of birds around, but we >> weren't able to work outside most days due to rain. On the days that we >> did get out (Monday and Thursday), we covered a lot of ground but found few >> nests. This is not for lack of breeding birds. There are plenty of >> McCown's Longspurs around that have evidently staked out territories, but >> we did not find many of their nests. Either they have not built them yet, >> or the females are spending more time off the nest than usual due to the >> cold. The Horned Larks breed early and appear to be between nesting >> efforts. We saw many recent fledglings and found few active nests. The >> Lark Buntings are still in gregarious mode and have not settled down to >> establish territories yet. Interestingly, there were some unusual birds >> about. We had a Rock Wren on the back porch of the field house, far from >> any rocky terrain. There were large flocks of Chipping Sparrows and Lark >> Sparrows, with at least one Vesper Sparrow and one Clay-colored Sparrow >> mixed in. We encountered four Northern Shovelers and one American Coot on >> a small ephemeral pond in one of the pastures. My favorite bird of the >> week was a male Blue Grosbeak, which was perched on a barbed wire fence in >> the midst of a flock of Lark Buntings and other sparrows. Our new nest >> tally for the week is: >> >> McCown's Longspur: 6 >> Horned Lark: 3 >> Lark Bunting: 1 (still building) >> Brewer's Sparrow: 1 >> >> Let me know if you want to volunteer! >> >> -Amber Carver >> University of Colorado Denver >> (Littleton, CO) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAFG0sD-cGPDMjQGuPKwE_Qh_sbB3P70%3DpmnuTEeA5AJCDOLOw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAFG0sD-cGPDMjQGuPKwE_Qh_sbB3P70%3DpmnuTEeA5AJCDOLOw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAAFG0sDAw32e5wg6SW8EDUEA9BYXLUiF1HXQKyrFSLVqChwrjg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
